3.8% —
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Riverstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift toward working from home has shaped how people move around Riverstone. One in three workers now avoids a daily commute, and the area has a much higher rate of home-based work than the national figure. This trend sits alongside a very high level of car ownership across the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 44% having two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 33.3% of residents doing so, a figure far above the 21% national average. Driving remains the most common way to get to work at 39%.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% —
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Riverstone has a high number of transit options, with 92 stops and 13 routes. The number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people are both well above the state figures.
92
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.65
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,644.9
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
13
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,844
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
13,844
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 39 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
39
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Riverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021630/riverstone/topic/transport